Toy.



P. DES COMBES.

mv. v `APPLICA'I'ION FILED [18.15] -|913.

1 ,277,702. Patented Sept. 3, 1918..

"Ammin I of 17 A Y PIERRE JACOTV DES COMBES, BIENNE, SWITZERLAND.

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Speccaton of LettersPatent.

Application led February 15, 1918. Serial No. 217,304.

T0 all whom t 'may concern: j

Be it known that I, PIERRE JAcoT Dns Corinne, a citizen ofthe SwissConfederation, and residing at Bienne, Switzerland, have invented acertain new and useful Improved Toy, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention consists in a toy representing in the embodiment hereindescribed a human figure which has at least two detachable parts held tothe body part by a locking device so constructed and arranged that thesaid detachable parts become automatically detached from the body part,as soon as the said looking device is caused to release them.

The drawing shows the human figure as a wooden soldier, Figure 1 beingan elevation showing the inside locking device in broken lines, and Fig.2 being a section along Hill in Fig. 1.

To the body part 2 which is placed on a base 1 are attached theremovable arms 3, 3 and the removable head 4, which parts are held onthe body part 2 `by a locking device in such a way that they are free tobe moved. The upper portion of the body part 2 is made hollow providinga space 5, wherein is located a circular disk 6 having a -flanged rim.'The disk is carried by a rod 7 projecting from the front of the bodypart into the said space 5. A coiled spring 8 abutting with one endagainst a cover plate 9 closing the open space 5 on the rear of the bodypart, bearing with its other end against the said disk 6 tends to movesaid disk and rod 7 forward (i. c. downward, as seen in F/lg. 2). Fromeach arm 3 and the head 4 projects a pin 10 `having a conical head 11adapted to engage behind the flanged rim of the disk 6, so as to holdthe arm or head in place on the body part. Each pin 10 is surrounded bya coiled spring 12, which bears against a washer 13 loose on the pin. Inthe detached position of either of the said arms 3, 3 or the head 4, thewasher 13 is pressed by the spring 12 against a fixed collar 16 on thepin. For the insertion of the pins to attach the parts 3 and 4 to thebody part, the latter is provided with recesses 15, in each of which isformed a shoulder 14. As the pin 10 is pushed in, the washer 13 strikingthe shoulder 14 is arrested, compressing the spring 12, whereas theconical head 11 engages behind the flanged rim of the disk 6 plate 9 onthe rear side 'heads snap in place.

parts from the body part upon thereon as clearly shown on the left inFig. 2. The

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pins 10 of the detachable parts 3 and 4 are simultaneously inserted intothe body part, the disk 6 being ypressed toward the cover of the `bodypart by the pins 10, until the The disk 6 being pressed forward, z'. c.toward the front side of the body part 2, by its spring 8 securely holdsthe parts 3 and 4 in place, mitting them to turn freely about their pins10 acting as pivots.

The rod 7 carrying the locking disk 6 is provided on its end projectingfrom the front of the body part with a push button 17, which in'thiscase is formed as a target. If nowk a projectile hits the latter therebymoving the rod 7 inward, locking disk will release the conical heads 11on the pins 10, and the springs 12 surrounding said pins beingcompressed, will fling the parts 3 and 4 outward away from the body part2. Y

It is self-evident that the toy can assume any other shape than the oneshown and that it may be provided with any number ofdetachable memberscontrolled either by a common locking device or each by its'own lockingdevice.

I claim as my invention:

1. A toy comprising a body part and one or more detachable parts, alocking device for holding said detachable parts in place on the saidbody part, and means for releasing said locking device.

2. In a toy as specilied in claiml means for automatically separatingthe detachable the release of the conical heads l10n thev said lockingdevice.

3. A toy having with a hollow space, detachable parts, pins havingconical heads and adapted to project into the hollow space in said bodypart, a locking means in said hollow space adapted to engage the conicalheads on the said pins, an outwardly projecting movable rod carrying thesaid locking means, and a spring for normally holding said locking meansin engagement with the conical heads on the said pins, the said lockingmeans being displaced movement of the said rod to release the saidconical heads. Y

4. In 'a toy as specified in claim 3 springs acting on the saiddetachable parts so as to automatically separate them from the saidwhile per-v a body part provided Y by a corresponding Y the hollow spaceof the locking inea-ns upons the release of the said conical heads. c

'5. A toy comprising a body part provided with a hollow space,detachable parts, pins with conical heads thereon provided in saiddetachable parts and adapted to project into said body part, a flangedlocking disk within the said hollow space adapted to engage withitsflange the conical heads on the said pins, an outwardly projecting rodcarrying said locking disk and provided onk its outer end with a pushbutton, a spring for holding said locking Copies of this patent may beobtained forl five cents each, by Washington, D. C.

disk in engagement with the conical heads on said pins, and nieansacting upon the release of the said conicals heads through a pressureexerted on the said push button to automatically separate the detachableparts from the said body part.

In testimony-whereof, I aflix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

i PIERRE JACOT DES COMBES. c

lVitnesses p FRiED'RIoH N Aozniu, FRIEDRICH MONING.

addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

